Hame-fastener.



W. M. REID.

HAME FASTENER.

\Appliction led June 30, 1900.)

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WILLIAM M. REID, OF BISIIOPVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

HAlVlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFECATON forming' part of Letters Patent No. 671,000, dated April 2,1901.

Application filed June 30.1900.

To ftZZ whont it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. REID, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bishopville, in the county of Sumter and State of SouthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Harrie-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

This invention is an improved construction of hame-fastener, one objectbeing to provide a cheap and simple device which will do away with theordinary strap and fastener now in use, and another object of theinvention is to provide a llame-fastener which can be applied to any ofthe hames now in use and one which can be quickly and easily operated tofasten or nnfasten the haine, the fastening portion being substantiallyautomatic.

lVith these objects in view myinvention consists of two metallic strapsor plates adapted for connection to the ordinary haines, said straps orplates being corrugated transversely and adapted to rest one upon theother, one of the said straps or plates being provided with means forretaining the other in contact therewith.

The invention consists also in providing a spring connection for eachmember by means of which it can be quickly and easily attached to anddetached from the end of the hame.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction andnovelties of combination, all of which Will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure l is aperspective view of a set of hames provided With my improved fastener.Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the fastening members interlocked, saidmembers being detached from the hames for the purpose of more clearlyillustrating their con- Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View showingthe position of the parts when the fastening members are interlocked.Fig. it is an inverted perspective view of one of the fastening members.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the spring for holding the memberto the hame.

In constructing my llame-fastening I prefer to make the fasteningmembers A and B of malleable iron, said members being essen- Serial No.22,149. -Non1mlel tially in the form of a thin narrow strip or platecorrugated transversely, as shown at a and b, said corrugationsbcingsimilar in size and shape in order'that said members may be broughtclose together and lapped one upon the other, as most clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 3. Each member is curved, as shown at O, in the form of ahook in order to engage the ordinary loops D, carried at lthe lower endof the haines E, and in order to hold the said members fastened in saidloops I employ a lockingspring F, which is securely fastened to theunder side of each member by means of rivets. The locking-spring F isbent hack upon itself, as shown at f, and the end of the spring iscurved, as shown atf, in order to form a ring with the hook O for thepurpose of retaining the member in connection with the loop, and eachmember has a transverse opening G produced therein, through which theend f of thelocking-springwill pass when the said spring is pressedupwardly or inwardly in order to fasten the member to the loop D, theconnection being substantially the same as that of an ordinarysnap-hook. The edges ofthe members are provided with projections a andb', respectively, Which are bent down and toward each other to formloops for engaging With the free portions of the springs and holdingtheir free ends in proper position relatively to the hooks O. One of themembers, and-in the present instance the left-hand member A, is providedwith a locking bail or buckle H, preferably formed from a single pieceof Wire and made essentially rectangular in shape, said bail or bucklebeing fastened to the member by slitting said member longitudinally, asshown at a2, and striking up the side portions in a direction oppositeto the corrugations of the body portion at that point, thereby producingbearing-openings for the buckle or bail to turn in. To maintain the saidbuckle or bail in its proper relative position, particularly when thetwo members are being brought together, I provide said buckle or bailWith a central tongue h, which may be formed by bending one of its endslaterally and isadapted to rest Within an opening 0,3, produced in thecenter of the member A, said opening being of IOO such size and shape asto permit the buckle or bail to fall toward the outer end of the memberA, as shown in full lines in the drawings, but to lilnit its movementtoward the inner end, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. By means ofthis construction the member B can be inserted beneath the bail orbuckle and then slid or moved over and upon the member A as far asdesired, and as soon as the moving pressure is removed the backwardtendency of the member B will cause the bail or buckle to be throwntoward the outer or free end of its member and will cause the same tobind into the corrugation of the member B, thereby securely locking thesame automatically upon the member A.

It will thus be seen thatin order to fasten the haines provided withmyimproved construction of fastening device it is only necessary toinsert the free end of the member B beneath the locking buckle or bail,slide the members together, and the haines are fastened, as the momentthe pressure is removed 'the locking bail or buckle will be thrown intoits locked position and it will be impossible for the members to slideone upon the other. Whenever it is desired to unfasten the members, thebail is moved back a short distance, and the member B can then be easilywithdrawn while the bail is held in this position. In order to detachthemembers from the hame-loops, it is only necessary to press the springinwardly and unhook the strap or plate from the loop.

While I have stated that my improved fastening members are preferablyconstructed of malleable iron, it will of course be understood that theymay be made of stout sheet metal.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A haine-fastener composed of two members, the inner ends of which areadapted to be secured together and the outer ends are each perforatedand curved to form a hook, the edges to the rear of the perforationbeing provided with projections bent to form a loop, and a spring bentupon itself and having one end rigidly secured to the member and theother end curved to form a ring with the hook and adapted to passthrough the perforations of the member, the main portion of the springbeing adapted to engage with the loop of the hame when in its normalposition, substantially as described.

2. A hame-fastener composed of two members, corrugated transversely andadapted to be placed in' contact With each other with their corrugationsinterlocking, one of said members having a bail pivoted thereto,through-which the other member passes, and formed with a perforation,and a centrallydisposed tongue carried by said bail and engaging in saidperforation, said bail serving to hold the corrugated members in alocked position by being swung over one of the corrugations,substantially as described.

WILLIAM M. REID.

Witnesses:

VERNON E. SoARBoRoUGH, G. O. ROGERS.

